Seriously... what are my chances, BE HONEST

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>here is basic stuff:
-Female, Costa Rican, from Manhattan (will not need financial aid)</p>

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<li><p>I go to a prestigious private school that I know carries a lot of weight at many colleges. My school does not calculate GPA, nor do we have any type of advanced classes. We also never give out A+.</p></li>
<li><p>My grades junior year have been: 1 A-, 3 B+, 2 B, 1 C+ (first semester) second semester: 2 A-, 2 B+, 2 B, 1 B-</p></li>
<li><p>My 1st semester senior classes:</p></li>
<li><p>Spanish VI, PreCalc, Physics, Economics (history class), South American Lit., Arabic (independent study), Social Justice (ethics course)</p></li>
<li><p>I've done 120 hours of community service so far</p></li>
<li><p>I've worked for two years with a non-profit organization, planning (successful) charity events for it with a small group of friends </p></li>
<li><p>Started a club at my school in connection with the organization</p></li>
<li><p>Write for the school newspaper</p></li>
<li><p>Avid member of enviornmental club</p></li>
<li><p>I have participated in Model UN at Yale for the past 2 years</p></li>
<li><p>I have an AGI internship this summer</p></li>
<li><p>I've done a lot of other EC's but nothing major like these. With the stuff I've listed I put A LOT of effort into it and it shows.</p></li>
</ul>

<p>SAT scores: 1940 (first time) Verbal-680 Math- 620 Writing- 640, Sat II 2C: 720
Haven't taken ACT or the other two SAT II's yet.</p>

<p>I know that I can write a killer essay being that writing is my strong point. What are my chances of getting into:
Kenyon
Bates
Skidmore
Syracuse
Conn College
GWU
Lewis & Clark
Pitzer
UVM</p>

<p>what can i do to improve senior year/this summer?</p>

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<p>I think that you are selling yourself short, and you should be more confident in your chances. The only schools I know about on that list are Syracuse and GW. I say you are in at Syracuse, and probally in at GW. Let me say that I will probally apply to GW too, and your stats are better than mine so I would really like it if you didn't apply there. ok? haha, jk. I don't know about your chances at the extremely selective colleges, but for most good schools, you look pretty good.</p>

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<p>Thanks. I'm actually not that interested in GW haha. </p>

<p>grades and stats are only a part of it though... the other half is your app. and luck pretty much. i know people who have gotten into yale but have gotten rejected from places like Skidmore and Bard.</p>

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<p>You're going to need to calculate your cumGPA, even if your school doesn't do it, in order to gauge your chances anywhere.</p>

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<p>This summer, all you can do is stay active: do some volunteer work, get a job, read some books, don't let your brain rot. Actually, you could probally get some SAT help for your math to bring it up 30 or 40 or 50 points. Other than that, just chill. We are done with Junior year. O ya</p>

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<p>at a school like that, your rank is much more important than your GPA. do you have a guess?</p>

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<p>No idea, I wouldn't even know how to guess.
Again, our school doesn't keep that. Its "progressive" education, with not a lot of focus on grades but learning</p>

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<p>.........
can somebody else help me?
GPA and class rank isn't everything about colleges, especially LAC, so c'mon.</p>

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<p>..............</p>

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<p>All of the colleges your applying to are fairly safe matches, so I wouldn't worry too much.</p>

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<p>thanks....</p>